Table 1 – Priority group 1 power station features
Power Station |
Year Commissioned |
General Description |
Lake Echo |
1956 |
1595m of 2.5m to 2.9m diameter steel penstock. |
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7.315m diameter steel surge tower. |
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2.90m diameter self-closing butterfly HTV. |
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1.524m diameter straight flow MIV. |
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1/33.5MW Francis turbine with 0.838m diameter TRV. |
Wayatinah |
1957 |
3320m concrete lined rock tunnel. |
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1273m of 4.11m diameter twin woodstave pipelines. |
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16.764m diameter steel surge tower. |
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3/2.90m diameter self-closing butterfly HTVs. |
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3/3.2m diameter steel penstocks each 230m in length. |
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3/2.74m diameter butterfly MIVs. |
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3/15MW Francis turbines with 0.828m diameter TRVs. |
Tarraleah |
1938 – 1943 |
2135m of 2.6m diameter twin steel pipelines. |
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Twin 5.486m diameter steel surge towers. |
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6/1.529m diameter self-closing butterfly HTVs. |
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6/584m 1.2m to 1.5m diameter steel penstocks. |
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3/1.219m diameter cylindrically balanced MIVs. |
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3/1.016m diameter latticed butterfly MIVs. |
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3/English Electric 18MW Pelton turbines with diffusers. |
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3/Boving 18MW Pelton turbine with deflectors. |